Phil Fondacaro
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Phil Fondacaro (born November 8, 1958) is an American actor. A dwarf actor at 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m), Fondacaro began acting in 1981, with the film Under the Rainbow. Fondacaro appeared in 1983's Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the third Star Wars film, as an Ewok, the only one to have a death scene. In 1986, he portrayed the invisible friend of a young Michael Gerber in the Disney Sunday Movie Fuzz Bucket, and also appeared in the fantasy film Troll. In 1987, he portrayed "Sir Nigel Pennyweight" in the cult horror film Ghoulies II. His performance is frequently praised, and he has been called the best actor in the film. In the same year, he appeared as "Greaser Greg" in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, a theatrical adaptation of the popular trading cards. In 1988's Willow, he appeared alongside Warwick Davis, one of his Jedi co-stars, who, thanks in large part to his Willow role, became one of the most famous dwarf actors in the film industry. Other prominent roles of Fondacaro's include "Hooded dwarf" in Phantasm II, Cousin Itt in Addams Family Reunion, and a dramatic turn as a dwarf with an average-sized son in "A Clown's Prayer", an episode of Touched by an Angel. He also played a dwarf with an average-sized daughter in the CSI episode, "A Little Murder". He also had a recurring role on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as "Roland". Fondacaro is married to Elena Bertagnolli, manager of another famous dwarf actor, Verne Troyer, and is represented by his wife's company, Fonolli Management. Fondacaro's brother Sal is also an actor, having appeared in Under the Rainbow, Return of the Jedi, and Invaders from Mars, all with his brother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Fondacaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as Ewok
The Polar Express (2004)
as Elf
Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)
as Tom Ryan / Big Figure (voice)
Willow (1988)
as Vohnkar
Land of the Dead (2005)
as Chihuahua
The Black Cauldron (1985)
as Creeper / Henchman (voice)
Charles Band's Evil Bong (2006)
as Club Patron
Bordello of Blood (1996)
as Vincent Prather
The Doors (1991)
as Man at Birthday Party
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
as Evans Brother (uncredited)
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
as Surgeon - The Jester (uncredited)
Addams Family Reunion (1998)
as Cousin Itt
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Demon Clown (uncredited)
Night Angel (1990)
as Sammael
Troll (1986)
as Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
Sweet Jane (1998)
as Bob
Memories of Me (1988)
as Horace Bosco
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
as Stone Canyon People (segment "Stone Canyon Giant")
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
as Greaser Greg - Suit
Fuzzbucket (1986)
as Fuzzbucket
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
as Oscar
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
as Ray Vernon
Sideshow (2000)
as Abbot Graves
Under the Rainbow (1981)
as Hotel Rainbow Guest
Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)
as Antonio
Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
as Creeper (voice) (archive sound)
Phantasm II (1988)
as Hooded Dwarf (uncredited)
Hollyweird (1999)
as Self
Blood Dolls (1999)
as Hylas
Steele Justice (1987)
as Bartender Dan
Meridian (1990)
as Dwarf
The Devil Inside Her (2025)
as Dwarf (archive footage)
Nature of the Beast (1995)
as Harliss
Ghoulies II (1987)
as Sir Nigel Pennyweight
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
as Bernard
The Making of: Evil Bong (2006)
Actor
The Creeps (1997)
as Dracula
The Yattering And Jack (1987)
as The Yattering
Immortally Yours (2009)
as Michael Bates
Nerds of a Feather (1989)
as Little Army of Little Russian Soldiers
DevilDolls (2012)
as Ray Vernon (segment: Dangerous Toys)
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
as Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
Monster High (1989)
as Stinksucker
The Elevator (1998)
as Dwarf Rabbi
The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001)
as Millionaire
American Drive-In (1985)
as Rocky Magellan (as H.G. Golas)
Decadent Evil (2005)
as Ivan
Rapunzel (1983)
as Munchkin
Bit Players (2000)
as Gus Wolfson